Mine Warfare Association
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We are a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to education and raising awareness of sea and land mines and the means to counter them. ports.
The Mine Warfare Association was formed in 1995 to create an awareness of mine warfare and to assist government, industry, and academia in optimizing their combined contributions to solving the challenges associated with military sea and land mine warfare. MINWARA’s founders believed solutions would be found in emerging technologies and sharing information. MINWARA established a program of conducting symposia to expose people and organizations to these emerging technologies and their application to mines, mining and mine countermeasures. The symposia are an effort to cross-pollinate knowledge about mine warfare among government, industry, and academia. Symposia address military doctrine, policies, organization, concepts of operations, ongoing and needed research and development, acquisition programs, exercises and operation, and logistics and training programs. Mine warfare includes both mining and mine countermeasures. Mine countermeasures includes the software, sensors, systems, tactics, techniques and procedures required to address the traditional mine threat as well as the potential threat from terrorist placed mines or improvised explosive devices (IEDs, to U.S. The Mine Warfare Association is a strong supporter of mining capabilities , based on the tenet that knowledge of mine design and effects are critical to maintaining an effective mine countermeasures capability. The Mine Warfare Association is also a firm supporter of mine designs that have self-destruction capabilities after an appropriate period, so as not to pose a threat to civilians after cessation of hostilities. The Mine Warfare Association has included the associated issues of humanitarian demining and unexploded ordnance challenges in our symposia at times, even though the present thrust of our association is military sea and land mine warfare. These issues and challenges have, and will be, included, based on the likelihood of historical and emerging solutions in these areas having application to military mine warfare. The subject of humanitarian demining is now a primary thrust of the Society for Counterordnance Technology (SCOT), the Wilson Institute and other non-governmental organizations. The Mine Warfare Association understands the increasing importance of commercial industry in developing technologies which will benefit the Department of Defense. Accordingly, a major activity of the association is to expand outreach to the commercial sector.
04/02/2024
🚨 Upcoming Deadline Alert! 🚨 Last month we announced the submission deadline for technical papers for has been extended. We have received several excellent papers already! We only have 2 more spots available to present. This is your last chance to contribute to the vast knowledge base of our field and showcase your innovations. Don't miss this last-minute opportunity to be part of something groundbreaking. Submit now! https://airtable.com/appa5mi6KbmOVASBC/pagh1G8YmAkorPNXj/form
03/06/2024
12/07/2022
By: SCOTT SAVITZ AND SCOTT C. TRUVER The use of naval mines goes back more than two centuries, but the use of these weapons by both Russia and Ukraine has renewed discussion about the value of this technology for modern warfare. Beyond Ukraine, a naval mining operation from 50 years ago offers lessons that can be applied today and signals how naval power can be wielded to great coercive effect in various contingencies....
INVISIBLE BLOCKADES AND STRATEGIC COERCION By: SCOTT SAVITZ AND SCOTT C. TRUVER The use of naval mines goes back more than two centuries, but the use of these weapons by both Russia and Ukraine has renewed discussion about the value of this…
08/09/2022
CAPT PAUL X. RINN, USN (RET) 13 September 1946 – 3 August 2022 “I think we’re in a minefield.” “So, what’s my job today,” asked retired Navy Captain Paul X. Rinn at a 2010 seminar at the Naval Postgraduate School on 3 August 2010. “My job is to tell you a story. It’s a story of bravery. It’s the story of the…...
CAPT Paul X. Rinn, USN (Ret) CAPT PAUL X. RINN, USN (RET) 13 September 1946 – 3 August 2022 “I think we’re in a minefield.” “So, what’s my job today,” asked retired Navy Captain Paul X. Rinn at a 2010 s…
06/24/2022
History of the Contest: In 2012 the Mine Warfare Association leadership approached the U.S. Naval Institute with the idea of sponsoring an essay contest exploring the subject of mine warfare. The Institute was immediately interested in supporting such a program, and agreed to an inaugural essay contest in 2013, with the objective of making it an annual event going forward....
2022 USNI & MINWARA Essay Winners History of the Contest: In 2012 the Mine Warfare Association leadership approached the U.S. Naval Institute with the idea of sponsoring an essay contest exploring the subject of mine warfare. The I…
05/26/2022
Another great day in the books. Time for our favorite event the Taste of Monterey Reception!
05/25/2022
Great first day! Don’t forget to join us tomorrow! If you haven’t registered you can still attend, for more info visit minwara.org/symposium
15th International Mine Technology Symposium - Mine Warfare Association The International Mine Warfare Technology Symposium series is the only event solely focused on naval mine warfare and associated technologies. As with past symposia, this conference will be unclassified with foreign participation expected and welcome.
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